{"id":3463,"date":"2009-02-07T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/syracuse-villanova-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-02-07T07:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-07T12:32:00","slug":"syracuse-villanova-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/syracuse-villanova-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Syracuse-Villanova Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Syracuse Orange and the Villanova Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Villanova Pavilion. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st2 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st2:PersonName><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas:contacts\" \/><st1:GivenName>Eric<\/st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Devendorf<\/st1:Sn><\/st2:PersonName> had 22 points and five boards on Wednesday night as <st2:City><st2:place>Syracuse<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> beat <st2:State><st2:place>West Virginia<\/st2:place><\/st2:State> by a final score of 74-61. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Orangemen managed to cover the 1.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the night&#8217;s posted total (145). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Scottie Reynolds poured in 31 points on Wednesday night as Villanova knocked off <st2:City><st2:place>Providence<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> by a final score of 94-91. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Wildcats just covered the 2-point spread in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the night&#8217;s posted total (148). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/>Villanova has won 4 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Syracuse<\/st2:place><\/st2:City>: 18-5 SU, 9-10 ATS <br \/>Villanova: 18-4 SU, 11-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Syracuse most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 7-3<br \/>Before playing Connecticut are 9-1<br \/>After playing West Virginia are 6-4<br \/>After a win are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Villanova most recently:<br \/>When playing on Saturday are 9-1<br \/>Before playing Marquette are 3-1<br \/>After playing Providence are 5-5<br \/>After a win are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Syracuse is 18-5 SU in its last 23 games <br \/>Syracuse is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Syracuse is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>Syracuse is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Villanova<br \/>Villanova is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>Villanova is 16-2 SU in its last 18 games at home<br \/>Villanova is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Villanova is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st2:City><st2:place>Syracuse<\/st2:place><\/st2:City> at <st2:State><st2:place>Connecticut<\/st2:place><\/st2:State>, Wednesday, February 11<br \/>Villanova home to <st1:Sn><st2:City><st2:place>Marquette<\/st2:place><\/st2:City><\/st1:Sn>, Tuesday, February 10<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Syracuse Orange and the Villanova Wildcats will both be trying to pick up a win on Saturday when they battle at Villanova Pavilion. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Eric Devendorf had 22 points and five boards on Wednesday night as Syracuse beat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/syracuse-villanova-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Syracuse-Villanova Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}